The statue--for such I am sure it is--lies in a hole about twelve
feet long, five feet wide at the top, and four at the bottom. The
soil of the first three feet, or a trifle more or less, is the
common alluvial soil of the Onondaga valley. The next foot is
gravel, which rests on the solid clay. The ends of many pieces
of wood project through the gravel and some are found in the soil
above.